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This 2002 legal declaration by wetland scientist Dyanne Sheldon challenges the adequacy of environmental protections attached to a Washington State Department of Ecology water quality certification related to Sea-Tac Airport expansion. Sheldon argues that the groundwater and wetland performance standards required under the 401 Certification are too vague and scientifically flawed to reliably measure success or failure, citing problems such as undefined 'normal rainfall' baselines and an over-reliance on qualitative wetland plant ratings from the 1980s. The declaration was submitted in support of the Airport Communities Coalition's motion for a stay of the certification before the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board.

SSA Study Baseflow Sample Results data tables (mg/l) from 2/19/02 Preliminary Draft, dated 1/30/02, covering water quality sampling at stations including DMEssa, NPool, DMKCwelr, MCssa, MC8h, WCjcN, WCcpS, WC171tst, Reba, and others. Parameters include pH, alk, hard, TSS, DOC, Ca2+, Mg2+, d-Cu, TR-Cu, d-Zn, TR-Zn, d-Cd, TR-Cd, TR-Cr, TR-Pb, TR-Ni across baseflow events (BF1-1 through

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) reply brief filed January 29, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), State of Washington, supporting ACC’s Motion for Summary Judgment on the absence of a water right for the Third Runway Section 401 Water Quality Certification (#1996-4-02325). ACC argues the Port Of Seattle’s Low Flow

Two photographs taken by P. Willing on January 28, 2002, document an absorbent boom placed in a stream below the SDS1 outfall, a pollution-control measure used to contain contaminants. The second photo highlights turbid (murky) effluent visible in the stream, indicating water quality concerns at the site. These images appear to be part of an environmental monitoring or spill-response record associated with drainage infrastructure near Sea-Tac Airport.

This document is an Application for Site Certification for the Wallula Power Project in Washington State, submitted by Wallula Generation LLC to the State of Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council. It details stormwater management plans for the 66-acre project site, including capturing rainfall and routing it through oil/water separators to a detention pond for reuse in the power plant's cooling tower. The application also addresses groundwater rights, noting that captured stormwater would reduce withdrawals from the gravel aquifer and Boise Cascade Corporation fiber farm wells.

This document is an Application for Site Certification for the Wallula Power Project in Washington State, submitted by Wallula Generation LLC to the State of Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council. The application details water management plans for the proposed power plant, including how stormwater runoff from the 66-acre site will be captured, routed through oil/water separators, and reused in the plant's cooling tower basin. The applicant argues that this stormwater reuse strategy will reduce groundwater withdrawals from the local gravel aquifer with no net regional impact on water resources.

Internal memo from Ching-Pi Wang to Ann Kenny (cc: Jeannie Summerhays, Steve Alexander), dated January 23, 2002, reviewing the Port of Seattle’s Embankment Fill Monitoring Plan (EFMP) for the Third Runway, 401 Certification Condition E.3. Comments cover requirements for logic tree flow diagrams for tiered sampling and staged screening (groundwater, seepage), statistical methods for baseline

Second Declaration of Michael P. Witek, attorney for Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), filed January 22, 2002, before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Case No. 01-160. Supports ACC’s Motion for Summary Judgment challenging Section 401 Water Quality Certification No. 1996-4-02325 and CZMA concurrency statement issued August 10, 2001, by Washington State Department of Ecology related

Summary Statement for Deposition Publication submitted by ACC and CASE in ACC & CASE v. Dept. of Ecology & Port of Seattle, PCHB No. 01-160, pursuant to Order Granting Appellant’s Motion to Publish Depositions of Ecology Managers and CR 30(b)(6) Designated Witnesses dated March 19, 2002. Deponent Kevin Fitzpatrick, Section Manager of the Water Quality

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion for summary judgment filed January 4, 2002 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Case No. 01-160, arguing that Ecology’s Section 401 Certification for the Port Of Seattle Third Runway project (Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update) should be invalidated because the Port lacks a water right to implement low flow